embryogenesis
noun
the formation and development of the embryo as a subject of scientific study.
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It supplied an evolutionary interpretation of the earliest and most important of embryogenetic events, the process of layer-formation.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell